Category Archives: WBAP 24/7 News

Fort Worth City Manager Forced to Recuse Himself from Sundance Square-related Matters
David Cooke (WFAA screenshot)Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – A conflict of interest controversy in Fort Worth has forced city manager David Cooke to recuse himself from all city business related to Sun...
Cumulus Media Oct 06, 2022

Remains Found in Collin County Identified as Missing Dallas Women
Mercedes Clements (WFAA screenshot)North Texas (WBAP/KLIF) Police have identified remains found in Collin County as that of Mercedes Clements, a Dallas woman reported missing in 2020.Police found the ...
Cumulus Media Oct 06, 2022

Texas Deploys Additional State Resources to Assist Florida’s Hurricane Ian Recovery
(Photo: TDEM)AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott, on Tuesday, directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to deploy additional state resources to support Florida’s resp...
Cumulus Media Oct 05, 2022

Plano Man Sentenced to Life without Parole for Capital Murder at Shops of Legacy
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) - Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced on Wednesday that 25-year-old Jordan Christopher Jacobs, of Plano, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility ...
Cumulus Media Oct 05, 2022

Abbott Now Acknowledging Attempts by NYC to Coordinate Migrant Bus Trips
Gov. Greg Abbott (WFAA)(Austin, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Governor Greg Abbott is now acknowledging that the New York City mayor's office reached out about trying to co-ordinate migrant drop-offs from Te...
Cumulus Media Oct 05, 2022

Meals on Wheels Tarrant County in Dire Need of Volunteer Delivery Drivers
TARRANT COUNTY (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Meals on Wheels in Tarrant County is in dire need of volunteer delivery drivers to help with an increase in demand in east Fort Worth. There are currently seve...
Cumulus Media Oct 05, 2022

Texas Executes Inmate Who Won Prayer Rule Legal Battle
UPDATE: Texas executed the inmate who won a legal battle to have his pastor beside him in the death chamber, despite the efforts of the Nueces County District Attorney who tried to stop it.The Texas D...
Cumulus Media Oct 05, 2022

Ken Paxton Loses Battle in Federal Court
(WBAP/KLIF) — Embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suffers a loss in Federal court and has been ordered to testify in a high-profile abortion case. Ken PaxtonWith the Supreme Court’...
Cumulus Media Oct 04, 2022

Trump asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Mar-a-Lago Dispute
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seize...
Cumulus Media Oct 04, 2022

Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter and country queen, dies
Loretta LynnNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, has died. Lynn’s family said she died Tuesday at her home i...
Cumulus Media Oct 04, 2022









